Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 2, 2023

What they did find, however, were pockets of excellent, deep learning in nearly every school they visited, individual teachers who designed and delivered rich, engaging learning experiences for their students in public schools, private schools, schools with excellent resources, and those without.

Project-Based Learning 130

Project-Based Learning Pedagogy Humanities Leadership 130

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Voicing the concerns of charter-school proponents after protesting at a Warren rally in Atlanta last month, parent-activist Sarah Carpenter pointed out during a meeting that followed the protest that Warren had sent one of her children to private school.

Charter School 87

Charter School Tradition Public School Private School 87

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The city itself has had a scrappy commitment to existence in its 123-year history, surviving the boom and bust of the timber industry that first gave it life and weathering the 21st century with a fairly steady population of about 2,500. In the end, a leadership change paved the way to victory in Holmes County.

Elementary School 145

Elementary School Public School High School Government 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

In part because of an accident of scientific history, however, this essential assistance has been far more available to kids who score higher on IQ and other cognitive tests. If diagnosis and help still remain elusive, they can pay for private neuropsychological exams , which can cost thousands of dollars.

Psychology 145

Psychology Elementary School High School Public School 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

A federal judge fully released the district from that order in June, and just weeks before the school year started, Beard and the rest of the board unanimously approved a voluntary plan to keep the district’s schools desegregated and ensure that students of color have equal opportunities to graduate and succeed beyond high school.

Private School 69

Private School Elementary School Government Charter School 69

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

When Williams and her classmates began considering colleges, Marcovitz wanted the teenagers to have the same experience he’d had at Maret, a prestigious private school he’d attended on scholarship in D.C. But he spoke up in Romantic Literature, and he helped other students with their African American Religious History papers.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2019

Last fall, after the university’s admissions team worked to craft a more intentional recruiting plan, officials say they enrolled the most diverse freshman class in LSU’s nearly 160-year history. He admired Tulane’s reputation — the New Orleans private school is the highest-ranked Louisiana university on U.S.

Library 111

Library Government High School Civics 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Even as poverty rates have grown in the district of about 5,000 students, Clinton has consistently remained an academic powerhouse in a state where many schools are still separate and unequal. Related: Private academies keep students separate and unequal 40 years later.

Junior High 75

Junior High Civics K-12 Economics 75

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Good leadership and good will” had created a district where “not one school was left with an all-black student body.” When Taylor graduated from Greenville High School in 1989, there were still enough white students, barely, to fill the mandated balance for positions of responsibility. Sacrificing Coleman High School.

Middle School 111

Middle School Private School Elementary School Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

Chen, who was hired as the school’s first principal of color in late 2017, said a better description might have been “exclusive,” and not just because of the $12,500 to $20,500 tuition, but because of the cultural rigidity that clearly delineated outsiders and insiders. Yet churches are still segregated.

Private School 125

Private School K-12 Economics Public School 125

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

In history, students might pick historical characters and analyze major events of their era from the character’s perspective. Revere’s school district is one of the leaders in Massachusetts in advancing student-centered learning, which is surprising on multiple levels. Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report.

Teaching 111

Teaching Oral History High School Sociology 111

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Most of the remaining white families send their children to a private school that opened more than 50 years ago to help white children avoid racial integration. In the mornings, black kids like Clark rode on yellow school buses to Lexington Elementary; the white kids boarded blues ones that took them to private school.

Private School 143

Private School High School Public School Charter School 143

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Kids are growing up really fast because of the internet, and then you get to high school and Covid happens. The Philadelphia school district is among many nationwide facing a leadership change. the superintendent of North Carolina’s Rowan-Salisbury Schools, would replace William Hite, who led Philadelphia schools for a decade.

Oral History 117

Oral History History High School Public School 117

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

history curriculums to include more diverse figures and perspectives; yet those who oppose such initiatives continue to receive the biggest microphones, despite being in the minority. Once the latter issue was brought to the attention of the group’s leadership, “I think they addressed it accordingly,” said Samuel.

Advocacy 126

Advocacy Charter School Political Science K-12 126

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

For four years, opponents of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos deplored her private school priorities, so it was hardly expected she’d be hailed as a hero for a sudden epiphany disassociating herself from President Donald Trump and resigning. Related: Endangered public schools need federal leadership more than ever.

Advocacy 138

Advocacy Education Private School Leadership 138

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Chief among her causes is school vouchers, government-funded coupons intended as an escape hatch to release students from failing public schools zoned by residence to attend a better private school of their choice. This means that taxpayers are footing the bill for parents in private and religious schools.

Social Justice 91

Social Justice Advocacy Public School Private School 91

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Credit: Matt Stensland for The Hechinger Report Once there, however, Siyuja discovered how little shed learned at the Supai school. history, and knew none of the literature her peers had read years earlier. Last year, eight years after Siyuja graduated, the K-8 school still did not offer pre-algebra, a course that most U.S.

Education 105

Education Elementary School Government K-12 105

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

But he also sees in the school’s decline a long history of white leaders, conservative and liberal, repeatedly asking black families to accept failure for their children. schools becomes more pronounced in many places, and as hate crimes against minorities increase in schools and communities and the U.S.

Charter School 108

Charter School Private School Heritage High School 108

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2017

My childhood included yearly trips abroad and private schools for which my parents paid full freight. One night, my senior year of high school, I found myself on campus late without a ride home. Related: What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge ? Those facts often put me in awkward situations.

Private School 78

Private School Charter School Public School High School 78

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Trump talks about schools secretly imposing gender transition surgery on children. Finally, it’s likely that the administration will try to voucherize more public dollars to support families sending their children to private schools. public schools reeling. Related: Become a lifelong learner.

K-12 113

K-12 Heritage Civics Leadership 113